Speculum Inclusorum / a Mirror for Recluses - A Late Medieval Guide for Anchorites Its Middle English Translation

This critical edition of a late-medieval English 'rule' for male anchorites is a timely intervention in - and stimulus to - an already exciting field. The Speculum Inclusorum is an early 15th-century Latin rule or guide.

About the author

Eddie Jones is Professor of English Medieval Literature and Culture, University of Exeter. His research interests include late medieval English religious literature and culture, especially the 'non-regular vocations': hermits, anchorites, vowesses, the 'Mixed Life'; the 'Middle English Mystics'; and intersections of the literary and the historical, the religious and the social. He is Series Editor for Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies.

Summary

This critical edition of a late-medieval English ‘rule’ for male anchorites is a timely intervention in – and stimulus to – an already exciting field. The Speculum Inclusorum is an early 15th-century Latin rule or guide.

Product details

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.09.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9781837644049
• ISBN: 978-1-83764-404-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries